Museum of Glass show pays tribute to ties between Australian, Northwest artists
A 92-piece Museum of Glass exhibit is making a stunning tribute to a 40-year relationship that glass aficionados — but not many other people — have known about for years. It’s a relationship where learning has flowed both ways, where two cultures – Australians and Pacific Northwesterners – have tangled with the same temperamental material.
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